Virginia’s New Public Safety Secretary and the FBI’s War on Traditional Catholics
Catholic News Agency reports (December 9, 2025) that Stanley Meador, former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Richmond field office, has been nominated by Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to lead the state’s public safety department. Meador oversaw the FBI’s 2023 investigation into so-called “radical traditionalist” Catholics, which included surveillance of parishes and clergy. The memo linked traditional Catholicism to “white nationalism,” prompting condemnation from Richmond “Bishop” Barry Knestout and state attorneys general. While Spanberger praised Meador’s “expertise,” CatholicVote criticized the nomination as an endorsement of religious persecution. The FBI retracted the memo after public backlash, though congressional hearings revealed agents spied on a priest who refused to disclose confessional matters. The Department of Justice later admitted procedural failures but found no “malicious intent.”
The FBI’s Targeting of Catholics as a Symptom of State Apostasy
The FBI’s classification of “radical traditionalist Catholics” as potential domestic threats exposes the modernist state’s hatred for integral Catholicism—the immutable faith professed before the apostate “Second Vatican Council.” This persecution is not an aberration but the logical fruit of a regime that rejects Regnum Christi (the reign of Christ) over civil authority. As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas (1925), nations that “refuse to obey” Christ’s kingship “will hasten to their ruin.” The FBI’s actions under Meador—infiltrating parishes, monitoring priests, and equating adherence to Tradition with extremism—reveal a state apparatus in open rebellion against divine law.
Religious Liberty Betrayed: From Leo XIII to the Conciliar Sect
The article’s reference to “Bishop” Knestout’s concern for “religious liberty” is a hollow farce. The conciliar sect’s false “right to religious freedom,” codified in Dignitatis Humanae (1965), directly contradicts the infallible teaching of Gregory XVI’s Mirari Vos (1832) and Pius IX’s Quanta Cura (1864), which condemned the “insane liberty of conscience” as a “pestilent error.” Knestout, an illegitimate “bishop” consecrated under post-conciliar rites, embodies the very apostasy that enabled this persecution. When the state criminalizes Catholics for rejecting Vatican II’s heresies, it merely applies the conciliar sect’s own relativistic principles.
Theological Subversion: Equating Tradition with Extremism
The FBI memo’s claim that traditional Catholics exhibit “adherence to anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ, and white supremacist ideology” is a demonic inversion of truth. Integral Catholics uphold the Social Kingship of Christ—a doctrine anathematized by the modern world precisely because it condemns all revolts against God’s order, including usury, sexual perversion, and false religions. The memo’s language mirrors the conciliar sect’s own attacks on Tradition: Bergoglio’s (“Pope” Leo XIV’s) 2021 restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass labeled its adherents “divisive” and “rigid.” Meador’s promotion proves that state and neo-church collaborate to eradicate vera religio (true religion).
Sacrilegious Surveillance and the Collapse of Civil Order
The House Judiciary Committee’s finding that FBI agents spied on a priest for refusing to violate the seal of confession illustrates the state’s descent into tyranny. Leo XIII’s Immortale Dei (1885) teaches that civil authority “non propter civilem societatem esse, sed civilem societatem propter Ecclesiam” (“exists not for civil society’s sake, but civil society for the Church’s sake”). By monitoring sacraments and persecuting orthodox clergy, Virginia’s regime under Spanberger and Meador fulfills Pius X’s warning in Lamentabili (1907) against states that “usurp the rights of the Church.”
Conclusion: A Call to Fidelity Amidst Persecution
Meador’s nomination confirms that the FBI’s war on Catholics was not a “mistake” but policy. Spanberger’s claim that he will “protect citizens” is Orwellian: A government that spies on priests and equates the Tridentine Mass with terrorism has declared itself an enemy of Christ the King. Traditional Catholics must heed Pius XI’s command in Quas Primas: Refuse all compromise with a state that “renounces and does not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.” The true Church endures not in conciliar collaborators but in faithful remnants who reject both modernist heresies and state persecution.
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FBI leader who oversaw Catholic investigation tapped to lead Virginia public safety department (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 09.12.2025